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Fracture Fridays: You can dance if you want to

PEMBlog

The foot X-Ray taken of the foot of the patient with the foot problem The Diagnosis She has a fracture at the base of the 5th metatarsal (Jones fracture). Management The XRays of stress fractures and acute fractures can look similar, but the management differs significantly. 2005 Jul;33(7):970-5. Epub 2005 May 11.

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Fast Facts: Management of sleep apnea in children

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Management is based on data assessed via the apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) which is the combined average number of apneas and hypopneas that occur per hour of sleep during a polysomnography (sleep study). Shiffman; Diagnosis and Management of Childhood Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome. 197-210; 2005. 10.1542/peds.2012-1671

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A podcast episode about laryngomalacia

PEMBlog

Early diagnosis is crucial as it can impact a child’s growth and development. Learn all about diagnosis and management of this common problem in this brief podcast episode. 2005 Nov;128(5):3391-7. Expiratory airway sounds are commonly heard in addition to the stridor, and diagnosis needs scope.

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‘We Need To Keep Fighting’: HIV Activists Organize To Save Lives as Trump Guts Funding

Physician's Weekly

When Sturdevant first tested positive for HIV in 2005, he didn’t seek treatment. He kept his diagnosis hidden from friends and family because he knew how people talked about HIV. In that period, the demographics of the epidemic shifted away from white, upper- and middle-class gay populations in liberal states.